Big Beach

Big Beach is a picnic site in Town of West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. Big Beach is situated nearby to the reservoir Tarbox Pond, as well as near the neighborhood Spring Lake.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New England Wireless and Steam Museum.

New England Wireless and Steam Museum

Museum

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The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum at 1300 Frenchtown Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, with working steam engines and an early wireless station and technology archives. New England Wireless and Steam Museum is situated 2 miles east of Big Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spring Lake and Washington.

Spring Lake

Neighborhood

Spring Lake is a village in the town of Coventry, Rhode Island. The Johnson family were early owners of the land in the area and, in 1818, sold the property to Ezra Ramsdell to build a warp thread mill along the Mishnock River. Spring Lake is situated 3½ miles north of Big Beach.

Washington

Neighborhood

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Washington is a village within the town of Coventry in Kent County, Rhode Island, and is part of the Pawtuxet River Valley. Washington is situated 3½ miles north of Big Beach.

Crompton

Village

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Crompton is a community in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. It is named after Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule. The Crompton Mill was set up in 1807, on the east bank of the Pawtuxet River, and is thought to be the first stone mill built in Rhode Island. Crompton is situated 4 miles northeast of Big Beach.

Big Beach

Type: Picnic site
Category: tourism
Location: Town of West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.63514° or 41° 38′ 7″ north

Longitude

-71.553° or 71° 33′ 11″ west

Open location code

87HCJCPW+3Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 799097416

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=picnic_site

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Highlights include Tarbox-Jackson Lot and John Spencer Lot.

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